Thank you.
Halifax averages 1.5% to 2% nominal growth. In 2006 U.S. pre-clearance opened at Halifax, the only airport in Atlantic Canada to have that. At that time, the business case projected 323,000 passengers within the first five years of operation and within the first 12 months we exceeded 343,000 passengers. It's been a great success story.
Like Montreal, we also have a dedicated team, which I lead at Halifax. It's looking at markets. We do analysis using modelling software and data that the airlines themselves use. Mr. Gibbons mentioned the flight that WestJet is adding to Glasgow starting this summer, so we're making progress. Air Canada does a daily Heathrow service out of Halifax. The future's good.
In my remarks, I pointed out that we have a catchment area of 1.2 million and we're doing 3.6 million passengers. There's no real sign of growth in that catchment area, so we're going to have to do things differently and get more non-stop flights hubbing through Halifax—not only to access Atlantic Canada, but moving throughout the domestic network into the U.S. and the Caribbean.